Former baseball player found a love for different kind of game in the law
As attorney Jason Murrie sees it, much of his practice is about helping clients maintain perspective. A critical part of his job is to clarify that perspective for them.
“The first time I meet with a client, if somebody’s getting sued because something bad happened, it’s always important to me to arrange a meeting with them face-to-face and sit down and talk through it,” he says. “Here’s the perspective, I tell them. Here’s how this is going to go.”
Holding things in the right perspective is a principle Murrie picked up from his father, Joel Murrie, who was head baseball coach at Western Kentucky University for 26 seasons and is now a scout for the Los Angeles Angels.
“One thing my dad always said that sticks out to me is, in baseball if you fail seven times out of 10 as a hitter, you’re in the Hall of Fame,” says Murrie.
The lesson behind the baseball truism, he explains, centers around the perspective a person adopts in dealing with adversity.
“You’re going to face adversity,” he says. “The people who are good at what they do are the ones who can stay focused, who can regroup or shift the plan to keep their eye on the prize.”
The Nashville attorney with Cornelius & Collins, LLP, incorporates that philosophy into his practice and into how he counsels clients.
Born and raised in Bowling Green, Ky., home of the Hilltoppers, Murrie says baseball was a way of life for his family. In addition to playing in Little League and throughout high school, Murrie says summer jobs involved putting down sod on the college ball field and painting the bleachers and dugouts. Away games became road trips. The family vacationed in winter — summer was baseball season, after all.
He grew up a Chicago Cubs fan and remembers hurrying home from school to turn on the game when the Cubs played afternoons at Wrigley Field.
One of his fondest memories is of a time his father took him to see the Cubs play against the Los Angeles Dodgers. As a scout, Murrie’s dad had access to the media dining room and after catching batting practice the two went to have lunch. The small room was in the press box at the time and was packed with media and other scouts.
“We’re sitting there eating and I hear this voice behind me say, ‘Do you mind if I have this chair and sit next to you?’” recounts Murrie, who was in law school at the time. “I recognized the voice immediately. I knew exactly who it was. I didn’t even have to turn around.”
“The first time I meet with a client, if somebody’s getting sued because something bad happened, it’s always important to me to arrange a meeting with them face-to-face and sit down and talk through it,” he says. “Here’s the perspective, I tell them. Here’s how this is going to go.”
Holding things in the right perspective is a principle Murrie picked up from his father, Joel Murrie, who was head baseball coach at Western Kentucky University for 26 seasons and is now a scout for the Los Angeles Angels.
“One thing my dad always said that sticks out to me is, in baseball if you fail seven times out of 10 as a hitter, you’re in the Hall of Fame,” says Murrie.
The lesson behind the baseball truism, he explains, centers around the perspective a person adopts in dealing with adversity.
“You’re going to face adversity,” he says. “The people who are good at what they do are the ones who can stay focused, who can regroup or shift the plan to keep their eye on the prize.”
The Nashville attorney with Cornelius & Collins, LLP, incorporates that philosophy into his practice and into how he counsels clients.
Born and raised in Bowling Green, Ky., home of the Hilltoppers, Murrie says baseball was a way of life for his family. In addition to playing in Little League and throughout high school, Murrie says summer jobs involved putting down sod on the college ball field and painting the bleachers and dugouts. Away games became road trips. The family vacationed in winter — summer was baseball season, after all.
He grew up a Chicago Cubs fan and remembers hurrying home from school to turn on the game when the Cubs played afternoons at Wrigley Field.
One of his fondest memories is of a time his father took him to see the Cubs play against the Los Angeles Dodgers. As a scout, Murrie’s dad had access to the media dining room and after catching batting practice the two went to have lunch. The small room was in the press box at the time and was packed with media and other scouts.
“We’re sitting there eating and I hear this voice behind me say, ‘Do you mind if I have this chair and sit next to you?’” recounts Murrie, who was in law school at the time. “I recognized the voice immediately. I knew exactly who it was. I didn’t even have to turn around.”
M. Jansen Voss
Christian & Small LLP, Birmingham, Alabama
Christian & Small LLP, Birmingham, Alabama
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The April 14 letter addressed what we believe will become an existential threat to law firms around the world which do not remain focused on the increasing sophistication of cybercriminals and cyberhackers as they continue to become more brazen and determined in illegally obtaining financial information from businesses and individuals around the world, including the information of our Primerus™ law firms and our clients.
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